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Prediction of heterosis using QTLs for yield traits in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)

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Three double low (erucic acid and glucosinolates) self-incompatible lines and 22 varieties from different origins were selected to produce 66 hybrids according to a NC II mating design. Field experiments for identification of hybrid performance and heterosis were conducted in two successive rapeseed growing seasons in Wuhan, China. After heterosis identifications, SI-1300 and Eagle were chosen to construct an F2 segregating population. One hundred and eighty four F2:3 lines were planted at Wuhan and Jingmen to test yield traits. F2 plants and the 25 parents were analyzed using simultaneously AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) and SSR (simple sequence repeat) markers. A total of 270 and 718 polymorphic loci were detected in the F2 population and among the 25 parental lines, respectively. Of the 718 polymorphic loci, 178 were significantly correlated to yield traits. With the use of one-way ANOVA, 84 common QTLs were detected for 12 traits at two trial locations. Although the genetic distances based on general/specific heterozygosities and single-locus QTLs showed significant correlations with hybrid performance and heterosis for some yield traits, the determination coefficients were low. The results suggested that neither heterozygosities nor QTLs for yield traits were suitable to predict hybrid performance and heterosis in Brassica napus.

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  1. National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P R China

    Jin-Xiong Shen, Ting-Dong Fu, Guang-Sheng Yang, Jin-Xing Tu & Chao-Zhi Ma

  2. Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430062, PR China

    Jin-Xiong Shen

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Shen, JX., Fu, TD., Yang, GS. et al. Prediction of heterosis using QTLs for yield traits in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). Euphytica 151, 165–171 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-006-9137-0

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